UPDATE: Rockettes 'Appalled' Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance

[DesertRat]

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Radio City Rockettes ‘Appalled’ Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance
http://www.thewrap.com/radio-city-rockettes-embarrassed-trump-inauguration-command-performance/


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Orange Twitler is going to need more tic-tacs.

The Radio City Rockettes will perform at Donald Trump's inauguration next month, an aide to the president-elect said Thursday.

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn announced Thursday on CNN that the group would be performing.

"They did so in 2001 and 2005. The Rockettes are a wonderful group who have been a part of American culture for decades, almost 100 years and they represent many women from around the country and they're really what's best about America," he said.

"So we're very excited and honored to have them be a part of the 50th inaugural."

Epshteyn said the Trump team is "extremely excited" and has had a "ton of great performers, entertainers and just Americans, reaching out, want to be a part."

The Washington Post reported earlier Thursday that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir would also be performing.

Video at the link:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/311564-rockettes-to-perform-at-trump-inauguration

[Squinch]

1. They can't be that hard up for cash. This is going to come back at them.

[pipi_k]

6. Maybe, but then...

how cool would it have been for all sorts of big name musicians to say they would perform

and then not show up

"OMG...the bus broke down!!!"

hahahahhaahahah

[Squinch]

12. AFTER they cashed the check.

[frazzled]

2. Rockettes? Mormon Tabernacle Choir?

What is this, 1959?

I do like the sacred and profane aspect. Ripe for satire.

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[Bettie]

4. Maybe he's going to set it up like a

Busby Berkeley musical number.

I guess we really are aiming to go back to a previous century.

[DesertRat]

21. I liked Idina Menzel's comment:

“Maybe he’ll just have to sing something himself. He probably thinks he has a great voice"

[lindysalsagal]

37. Can you find the gum on the shoe?????

[susanna]

44. I saw that too!

lololol

[In_The_Wind]

3. Of course they are.

[FarCenter]

5. You can see why Trump would be excited...

[lunatica]

15. He'll be sitting in the first row in the center

[Megahurtz]

24. LOL

It's so fitting, actually.

[Tanuki]

30. He'll probably drop by their dressing room while they are changing clothes for his usual ogle. eom

[lindysalsagal]

36. That's gotta itch...in a vewwy sensitive location....

[Hugin]

7. There's still Rockettes?

Dang, they were getting kind of tired when I saw them at a Matinee back in the '80s.

[2naSalit]

8. If I were one of those women

I'd call in sick ten minutes before "call time".

I can just imagine the cringe-worthy and disgusting stuff that the dumpster will be thinking while watching them kicking up their feet during the famous chorus lineup thing they do. For that reason alone I would either not show or just resign my spot with the company if I were one of them.

[DesertRat]

17. Me too

I have to believe that at least a few of those young dancers hate the idea of performing for him.

[mnhtnbb]

9. I went to grade school in NJ with a kid whose mom was a Rockette in the 40's

We were born in 1951.

Yup. Just what Cheeto imagined: Murica' in the 50's.

[pbmus]

10. Quick somebody look to see if the con don has a financial interest...

[SidDithers]

11. Watch for more performance groups...

Where the performers have no say in where they perform, and they're booked by some corporate stooge booking agent.

What do you think would happen to an individual Rockette that decided they'd rather not perform at the inauguration?

Sid

[lunatica]

16. Thanks for swatting that gnat!

[DesertRat]

18. I think there may be religious school choirs and bands

Since they can't get big names, their new meme is that they want "regular Americans." Maybe the Duck Dynasty men can sing?

[LeftofObama]

13. Here they are rehearsing...

[DesertRat]

19. LOL

[mainstreetonce]

14. He gets to go into the dressing room

Right?

[DesertRat]

20. Hope they use their hands to protect themselves like the Trump women do

[Hekate]

25. Looks like crippling 6 inch heels are part of the Trumptastic female uniform

Zowie -- owie. It hurts just to look at that lineup.

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. I thought the same thing.

They look about to pitch forward at any moment.

[DesertRat]

29. I think it's a requirement at Faux News too

[lindysalsagal]

34. Looks like a Cialis commercial

A brunette, a blonde, a black: They just need a geisha, and they're all set.

[Hekate]

41. Ew yes, but at least they get to sit down

[TeamPooka]

22. The Rockettes and Radio City should re-think this. The bulk of their business comes from

New Yorkers, who happen to hate Trump.
Yes they get a lot of tourists but day in day out they rely on the Tri State area for their partonage.
I won't go see the Rockettes show again now.
They're just giving Trump's pussy grabbing hands a lot of targets.

[pstokely]

26. Rockettes also perform in Branson

are these the NY Rockettes or the Branson Rockettes?

[Chellee]

39. You should tell them that.

https://www.rockettes.com/contact-us/

[pstokely]

40. also Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/rockettes

[Megahurtz]

23. LOL that's hilarious!

[Horse with no Name]

28. Well that is off my bucket list of things to see

sorry Rockettes.

You lie down with the dog, you get fleas.

[DesertRat]

31. Yup

[Roland99]

47. Um, if they're being forced to or get fired, you're going to despise them for that?

[Horse with no Name]

49. they have to live with their conscience

and unfortunately the only "power" I hold is the power of my purse.
I plan on wielding it very carefully.

[Megahurtz]

32. Maybe they will do a true Burlesque Show

then all the Fundies will go bonkers! Hahahahahaha!

[nolabear]

35. Can you high kick to the Halelujah Chorus?

Because I really want the MTC and the Rockettes to perform together.

[lindysalsagal]

33. (Rockettes): "Note to self: Hire a body-guard, 24/7."

[KewlKat]

38. Hope they keep their distance....hate to see him grab em by the pu$$y

[Eugene]

42. Radio City Rockettes 'Appalled' Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance

Source: The Wrap

Radio City Rockettes ‘Appalled’ Over Trump Inauguration Command Performance

“Finding out that it has been decided for us that Rockettes will be performing at the Presidential inauguration makes me feel embarrassed and disappointed,” wrote one Rockette

Itay Hod | December 22, 2016 @ 9:43 PM

The Radio City Rockettes dancers are pushing back after being told they must perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration, TheWrap has learned.

The announcement by parent company Madison Square Garden Company boss James Dolan on Thursday quickly spread through social media and sparked outrage among some Rockettes and members of the Broadway community.

Phoebe Pearl, a Rockette, wrote on her private Instagram account, according to Perez Hilton:

“I usually don’t use social media to make a political stand but I feel overwhelmed with emotion. Finding out that it has been decided for us that Rockettes will be performing at the Presidential inauguration makes me feel embarrassed and disappointed. The women I work with are intelligent and are full of love and the decision of performing for a man that stands for everything we’re against is appalling. I am speaking for just myself but please know that after we found out this news, we have been performing with tears in our eyes and heavy hearts. We will not be forced! #notmypresident”

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Read more: http://www.thewrap.com/radio-city-rockettes-embarrassed-trump-inauguration-command-performance/

[oasis]

43. Hope this move has a snowball effect. nt

[Cha]

45. Wow.. thanks for that.. you should make an OP of this.

this is terrible for them.. and needs to be seen.

[DesertRat]

46. Thanks, I just updated my post

How awful for those women.

[leftyladyfrommo]

48. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the rockets ?

What a perfect combination.

Whew.